1935
In
the
State
of
the
Union
address,
President
Roosevelt
begins
the
second
New
Deal
and
promises
to
provide
jobs
for
the
unemployed.
The
Works
Progress
Administration
begins
in
May.
On
May
27,
the
Supreme
Court
hands
the
New
Deal
a
major
setback
when
it
declares
the
National
Industrial
Recovery
Act
of
1933
unconstitutional.
In
August,
President
Roosevelt
signs
the
Social
Security
Act,
providing
old‐age
pensions,
financial
assistant
to
dependent
children,
and
unemployment
insurance.
Mayor's
Committee
Seeks
Funds
For
Welfare
Work
The
Hempstead
Sentinel,
January
3,
1935
Funds
for
emergency
relief
cases
for
the
Mayor's
Fund
Committee
of
Hempstead
are
swinging
into
their
final
drive
to
raise
$500,
it
was
announced
by
James
V.
Dowler
of
the
committee.
"This
money
is
used
to
assist
people
who
are
not
receiving
relief
from
the
Town
or
County
and
if
the
citizens
of
Hempstead
will
support
this
drive
by
making
a
personal
sacrifice,
the
committee
feels
sure
the
amount
will
be
raised."
Questions:
1.
Why
is
the
Mayor
of
Hempstead
raising
money
for
private
charities?
2.
Do
you
believe
unemployment
relief
is
the
responsibility
of
private
charities
or
the
government?
Explain
you
views.
Relief
Workers
Not
Handicapped
When
Losing
Private
Work
Jobs
The
Hempstead
Sentinel,
February
7,
1935
Relief
workers
who
attempt
to
better
their
positions
by
accepting
private
jobs
will
not
be
handicapped
in
obtaining
re‐employment
on
relief
projects
if
they
find
it
necessary
to
return.
"Relief
workers
should
be
encouraged
to
try
to
get
work
with
private
concerns,"
said
Raymond
W,
Houston,
Acting
Executive
Director
of
the
Nassau
County
Emergency
Relief
Bureau,
"one
way
we
can
offer
assistance
is
by
the
assurances
that
we
will
find
another
job
for
them
on
the
relief
rolls
if
their
new
venture
fails
to
last
for
any
length
of
time."
Questions
1.
Why
does
Mr.
Houston
encourage
workers
to
accept
better
jobs
if
available?
2.
What
assurances
does
he
offer?
3.
What
would
you
do
if
you
were
a
WPA
worker
and
you
were
offered
a
better
job?
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Sewers
For
Country
Club
Park
Section
Authorized
For
Spring
Construction
The
Hempstead
Sentinel,
February
21,
1935
A
sewer
improvement
program
to
extend
the
system
to
streets
in
the
Country
Club
Park
area
will
be
launched
by
the
village
board
immediately,
following
adoption
of
resolutions
Tuesday
night
to
borrow
$30,000
and
apply
to
the
temporary
emergency
relief
administration
for
labor
to
carry
on
the
work.
By
utilizing
unemployed
men
supplied
by
the
Nassau
county
relief
bureau,
the
administration
believes
it
can
complete
the
project
for
less
than
half
the
original
cost.
Questions:
1.
What
is
Hempstead's
plan
for
building
new
sewers?
2.
In
your
opinion,
is
this
a
good
use
of
unemployed
relief?
Why?
Police
Chief
Denies
Any
Wrong
Doing
In
Relief
Indictment
The
Hempstead
Sentinel,
March
28,
1935
Denial
of
any
wrong
doing
was
made
by
Police
Chief
Phineas
A.
Seaman
who
this
week
was
indicted,
arraigned
and
released
on
$2,500
ball
on
a
charge
that
he
caused
to
be
made
a
fraudulent
and
false
statement
in
obtaining
relief.
It
is
charged
that
the
Chief
accompanied
Mrs.
Hope,
who
is
the
mother
of
an
eight
year
old
son,
to
the
Nassau
County
Relief
Bureau
Headquarters
and
made
a
request
for
relief
in
her
behalf
and
that
as
a
result
she
was
given
orders
for
rent
and
groceries.
Questions:
1.
Why
is
an
investigation
being
conducted?
2.
Do
believe
that
Police
Chief
Seaman
acted
incorrectly?
Why
or
why
not?
Nassau
Hospital's
Free
Service
Last
Year
Was
$85,000
The
Hempstead
Sentinel,
April
25,
1935
Nassau
Hospital
at
Mineola,
in
the
past
year
gave
free
hospital
service
amounting
to
$85,000,
an
increase
of
$8,000
over
the
previous
year.
In
addition
the
"less
than
cost
service"
given
amounted
to
$79,000.
The
President's
report
shows
the
following
statistics
concerning
the
hospital
during
the
year:
738
babies
were
born
in
the
hospital;
4,444
patients
were
treated
in
the
emergency
rooms;
3,507
patients
were
examined
and
treated
in
the
Dental
Department;
37,168
laboratory
examinations
were
made;
208
was
the
maximum
number
of
patients
cared
for
in
one
day;
and
165
was
the
daily
average
number
of
patients.
Questions:
1.
What
was
the
cost
of
free
hospital
service
at
the
Nassau
Hospital
at
Mineola
in
1934?
2.
What
was
the
cost
of
"less
than
cost"
service
in
1934?
3.
How
many
babies
were
born
in
the
hospital
in
1934?
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4.
What
was
the
average
number
of
patients
each
day?
5.
Why
do
you
think
the
hospital
was
providing
so
much
free
service?
6.
How
does
the
United
States
handle
this
problem
today?
Launch
Housing
Survey
With
Modernization
And
Repair
Goal
Of
$250,000
The
Hempstead
Sentinel,
July
18,
1935
Inspired
by
the
success
of
two
housing
shows
in
Hempstead
and
it's
carefree
cottage
program,
the
Better
Housing
Committee...
said
that
the
ultimate
effort
of
the
two
shows
and
the
cottage
project
had
been
to
interest
people
in
home
building,
repair
and
modernization
program.
"We
are
confident
that
through
an
intensive
campaign
we
can
put
many
building
trades
workers
now
on
relief
rolls
back
to
gainful
pursuits
and
make
wages
that
will
be
spent
right
in
our
own
community."
"There
is
a
lot
of
repair
and
modernization
work
that
can
be
done
in
Hempstead...It
may
mean
a
new
roof
for
the
house,
the
adding
of
a
porch,
the
making
over
of
the
bathroom,
repainting,
new
heating
equipment,
a
new
garage,
or
installing
household
equipment.
The
program
has
a
wide
enough
latitude
to
take
into
account
anything
that
is
needed
for
the
home."
Questions:
1.
How
much
money
is
being
provided
for
the
home
repair
program?
2.
How
is
the
housing
repair
program
also
an
unemployment
relief
program?
Long
Beach
To
Get
$1,730,500
PWA
Fund
The
New
York
Times,
August
24,
1935
PWA
authorities
have
granted
Long
Beach's
Mayor
Gold
$1,730,500
to
build
a
new
board
walk
and
jetty
system.
The
boardwalk
will
be
two
miles
long
and
forty
feet
wide
and
will
run
from
New
York
Avenue
to
Neptune
Boulevard.
Fifteen
stone
jetties
will
replace
the
wooden
ones.
This
grant
ends
court
fights
that
started
in
February
1934
when
Gold
previously
ask
for
State
aid
when
he
first
became
Mayor.
The
city's
legal
borrowing
capacity
had
been
overdrawn
in
1933.
PWA
authorities
at
the
time
told
Mayor
Gold
that,
"even
if
the
loan
were
granted,
the
city
could
not
accept
it."
Questions:
1.
How
will
the
PWA
funds
be
used?
2.
Why
did
Long
Beach
have
to
go
to
court
to
get
the
money?
Squatters
House
Boats
Charged
With
Mucking
Up
Manhasset
Bay
Port
Washington
News,
October
4,
1935
The
pollution
problem
is
not
new
in
Port
Washington.
In
1933
Port
Washington
harbor
was
full
of
so‐called
squatters
living
in
houseboats,
and
the
Port
Washington
Town
Board
finally
42
decided
to
take
action.
The
last
chapter
in
the
story
of
the
so
called
squatters
was
written
in
April
of
that
year
when
Sheriff
David
Dows,
armed
with
a
county
eviction
order,
signed
by
county
judge
Cortland
Johnson,
employed
Capt.
Harry
Stubbs
and
his
tug
boat
crew
to
tow
away
the
houseboats
which,
at
low
tide,
were
beached
on
town
property.
It
was
no
easy
task
to
dislodge
these
shacks
and
it
took
considerable
work.
Who
would
pay
for
the
tug
hire
and
the
anchors
used
in
the
work
was
the
question
which
bothered
Sheriff
Dows
at
the
time.
Some
held
that
the
squatters
should
pay.
Others
claimed
it
was
a
town
or
county
obligation.
Questions:
1.
What
are
squatters?
2.
Why
do
you
think
the
citizens
of
Port
Washington
wanted
to
get
rid
of
the
squatters?
3.
How
would
you
fee
if
you
were
one
of
the
squatters
being
evicted?
Why?
Professor
Spahr
Scores
New
Deal
The
Hempstead
Sentinel,
October
17,
1935
"A
period
of
inflation
such
as
this
country
has
never
known
will
sweep
over
our
land
with
the
passing
of
the
Soldiers'
Bonus
Bill,
to
be
introduced
at
the
January
Congress,"
stated
Professor
Walter
Spahr.
He
spoke
Tuesday
night
at
the
weekly
public
forum
series
in
the
Hempstead
High
School
Auditorium.
The
series
is
sponsored
by
Nassau
College
and
New
York
University's
division
of
General
Education.
The
speaker
listed
the
significant
political
issues
of
the
present
administration
with
which
the
people
are
now
faced,
and
strongly
denounced
the
administration
for
having
adopted
most
of
the
socialists'
program;
for
its
orgy
of
borrowing
and
spending,
and
spoke
at
length
on
the
need
of
sound
currency,
the
maintenance
of
the
Constitution
and
the
Supreme
Court.
Questions:
1.
Why
does
Professor
Spahr
oppose
the
Soldier's
Bonus
Bill?
2.
In
your
opinion,
does
Professor
Spahr
support
or
oppose
the
New
Deal?
What
evidence
supports
your
position?
3.
If
you
were
a
voter
in
1935,
would
you
have
supported
Professor
Spahr
if
he
ran
for
public
office?
Why
or
why
not?
Great
Neck,
Manhasset
To
Receive
WPA
Funds
Great
Neck
Record,
November
26,
1935
Great
Neck
heads
the
list
of
North
Shore
communities
that
will
obtain
money
from
the
Works
Progress
Administration,
it
was
announced
today
by
Comptroller
General
McCord.
Great
Neck
is
slated
to
receive
$23,161
of
which
$11,631
will
be
used
for
the
improvement
of
school
buildings.
Manhasset's
request
for
an
appropriation
of
$99,699
for
the
improvement
of
school
buildings
has
been
approved.
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Question:
Why
did
Great
Neck
and
Manhasset
receive
WPA
money?
W.P.A.
Classes
To
Start
Here
Great
Neck
Record,
December
6,
1935
An
announcement
was
made
this
week
of
the
opening
on
December
10
in
Great
Neck
of
some
of
the
class
series
conducted
under
the
auspices
of
the
WPA
and
the
State
Department
of
Education.
The
classes
will
be
conducted
at
the
Arrandale
School
on
Tuesdays
and
Thursdays
from
7:30
to
10:20
p.m.
The
commercial
art
class
will
be
under
the
direction
of
Devah
Spear,
who
also
will
continue
with
her
classes
at
the
studio
about
the
Woolworth
store
on
Middle
Neck
Road.
English
to
foreign‐born
will
be
taught
side
by
side
by
Mrs.
A.N.
Seymore
of
Glen
Cove.
Max
Figman
will
have
charge
of
the
drama
classes
and
Mrs.
Lillian
Chambers
will
direct
the
sewing
project.
It
is
expected
that
other
classes
will
start
soon.
Questions:
1.
What
kind
of
classes
are
being
offered?
2.
How
will
Great
Neck
be
able
to
offer
these
classes?
3.
Do
you
think
this
is
an
important
project?
Why
or
why
not?
Realtors
Urge
PWA
Loan
For
River
Tunnel
Great
Neck
Record,
December
27,
1935
Ira
T.
McKnight
president
of
the
Great
Neck
Real
Estate
Board
urged
all
residents
of
the
community
to
write
to
President
Roosevelt
asking
him
to
approve
a
PWA
loan
for
the
completion
of
the
East
River
tunnel
in
time
for
the
World's
Fair.
The
same
appeal
was
made
by
Edgar
Storms,
Jr.,
Great
Neck
broker,
and
other
members
of
the
Board.
It
was
pointed
out
both
by
Mr.
McKnight
and
Mr.
Storms
that
the
completion
of
the
tunnel
is
"essential"
if
the
Fair
is
to
be
held
in
Flushing.
"The
Fair
cannot
succeed
unless
the
tunnel
is
completed,"
said
Mr.
McKnight.
"Transportation
facilities
will
have
to
be
increased.
Queensborough
Bridge
is
taxed
to
its
utmost
capacity
as
it
is.
As
a
matter
of
fact
we
need
the
tunnel.
Fair
or
no
Fair."
Questions:
1.
What
does
the
Great
Neck
Real
Estate
Board
want
the
federal
government
to
do?
2.
In
your
opinion,
why
does
the
real
estate
board
want
the
government
to
build
this
project?
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